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Windswept Adan

by Ichiko Aoba

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  • "Dreams & Visions" A Companion Book (English Edition) by Ichiko Aoba
    Book/Magazine + Digital Album

    ONLY AVAILABLE FOR NORTH AMERICA

    If you live somewhere else, you can get the book here:
    store.100-percent.co.uk/collections/ichiko-aoba/products/windswept-adan-dreams-and-visions-companion-book-english-edition

    Published by Adan Shobo


    Table of Contents
    Forward
    Part 1: Story
    Part 2: Sketches
    Part 3: Photos by Kodai Kobayashi
    Part 4: Additional Photos
    Afterword

    Windswept Adan is a soundtrack to an imaginary story conceived by Ichiko Aoba, following an inspirational visit to the Ryukyu Islands in South Western Japan.
    This book tells the full story to which the album was written and brings to light her creative vision.

    The 88 page book also includes intricate sketches and notes that bring the plot to life, as well as photos depicting the inspiration and mood board behind the album's creation.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Windswept Adan via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Windswept Adan 2xLP [2nd Pressing]
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Please note: We are currently unable to accept mailorders from Australia or New Zealand because of a post office ban on sending packages.

    The 2nd pressing is shipping now.

    ** This LP version is available in North America and Europe only. Please visit Ichiko Aoba's Bandcamp page for other territory shipping or digital purchases. **
    Black vinyl 2xLP in a gatefold jacket with additional print on the inside pockets. Comes with full color 12x24" insert. This design is identical to the Japanese version, but is being manufactured in Canada, so there may be variations in color and paper texture.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Windswept Adan via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Windswept Adan 2xLP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The 3rd pressing is shipping now.

    ** This LP version is available in North America and Europe only. Please visit Ichiko Aoba's Bandcamp page for other territory shipping or digital purchases. **
    Black vinyl 2xLP in a gatefold jacket with additional print on the inside pockets. Comes with full color 12x24" insert. This design is identical to the Japanese version, but is being manufactured in Canada, so there may be variations in color and paper texture.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Windswept Adan via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Prologue 04:55
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Pilgrimage 03:48
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Porcelain 04:29
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HORO 01:58
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Easter Lily 03:16
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chinuhaji 01:52
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Chi no Kaze 03:47
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Hagupit 02:58
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ohayashi 03:44
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For digital purchases, please go to ichikoaoba.bandcamp.com/album/windswept-adan




Ichiko Aoba’s albums have only been available as expensive Japanese imports, until now. In November, Ba Da Bing will release Windswept Adan on 2xLP in North America, Europe and the United Kingdom, with deluxe packaging.

After creating her label, hermine, last year to celebrate her tenth anniversary in music, Aoba released the most complex and rewarding work of her career, 2020’s Windswept Adan. While audiences in the west are only just learning she exists, her accomplishments are unquestionable; she contributed to the soundtrack for The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, was cited by Owen Pallett as an inspiration (“I’ve never been so blindsided by a musician as I was by Ichiko Aoba”), and has collaborated with the likes of Haruomi Hosono, Cornelius (who met her only two years after she first picked up a guitar and was blown away), Ryuichi Sakamoto, and recently Mac DeMarco.

Ichiko Aoba’s iconic voice and classical guitar playing are immediately recognizable, timeless sounds. Windswept Adan, envisioned as a soundtrack for a fictional film, builds its own world with sweeping co-production and arrangements from Taro Umebayashi, which “recall the Wes Anderson scores of Mark Mothersbaugh or the cinematographic swells of American composer Jherek Bischoff” (Bandcamp). It’s the story of a young girl sent to the island of Adan, a place where there are no words.

While international listeners of Aoba may not understand the words she sings, and despite the central importance of lyrics in her writing, it’s a testament to the power Aoba wields that one can resonate so deeply with her work. No matter the breadth of her sonic palette, and on Adan her scope is as wide and encompassing as Joanna Newsom’s on Have One On Me, Aoba manifests an intimacy that makes one feel in the room with her.

Ichiko Aoba’s work gained greater exposure in the past year as the need for comfort grew while the world sequestered in solitude. She has a rare musical gift that is matched only by her ability to hone it into meticulous craft. Her music embraces and elevates alone time to a generous and tranquil place. In it, listeners are invited to feel a sense of consolation and possibility. The magic she imparts yields articles like “Ichiko Aoba and the emotion of space during the pandemic;” in other words, her effect is singular.

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released December 16, 2021

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Ba Da Bing Records New York

Record label since 1994.

Also carrying releases from our sister label, Grapefruit Records.

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